Starting-crank holder



- I. 0. PETERS.

STARTING CRANK HOLDER.

AP PLICATION FILED APR. 30, 1920.

. Patemad 0%.17, 1922.

Patented @ct. 17, 1922.

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JAMES 0. PETERS, OF DAWSON, IOV/Ur.

$TABTING-CBANK HOLDER.

Application filed April 30, 1920. Serial No. 377,?83.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JAMES O. PETERS, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, and resident of Dawson, Dallas County, Iowa, have invented anew and useful Starting-Crank Holder, of which the following is aspecification.

The object of this invention is to provide an improved attachment forFordson tractors adapted to be employed at times to hold the startingcrank in upright position to prevent contact thereof with cornstalks,brush or the like, and also to prevent rearward movement of the crankinto engagement with the motor shaft.

A further object of this invention is to provide improved means formounting a starting crank holder on a vehicle.

My invention consists in the construction, arrangement and combinationof elements hereinafter set forth, pointed out in my claims andillustrated by the accompanying drawing, in which Figure l is a sideelevation illustrating my improved device in position for practical use,the inoperative position of the holding arm being indicated by dottedlines. Figure 2 is a plan of the same, the starting crank being shown insection. Figure 3 is a vertical section on the line 83 of Figure 1.

In the drawings a starting crank is shown, such as is commonly used tostart the motors of motor vehicles, the one here showing being thatemployed on the Fordson tractor. The starting crank comprises a portion10 which is in alinement with the shaft of the motor (not shown) and isjournaled for rotation in the bearing member 11; the remaining membersof said crank being a hanger portion 12 substantially at right angles tothe body portion 10 and a handle portion 13 at right angles to saidhanger portion and on the opposite end thereof from said body; portion.The nus meral 14: designates a spring coiled on the body portion 10 ofthe crank and contacting at one end the outer end of the bearing '1 land at its opposite end a pin 15 passing through said member 10; itbeing the function of said spring normally to hold the starting crankforwardly out of engagement with a motor shaft. My attachment comprisesa clamping member 16 of sub 5 stantially cylindrical form. but open at,its

lower side and formed with depending spaced parallel flanges 17, 18. Thenormal space between the flanges 17, 18 is sufficiently great to permitthe clamping member 16 to be placed over the crank member 10 and spring14-, thereon, after which the clamping. member may be moved rearwardlyto embracing position relative to the bearing 11. A bolt 19 is thenmounted through the flanges 17 18, which are formed with registeringapertures, and a nut 20 is mounted on the threaded end portion of saidbolt and drawn tight to cause a clamping engagement of the member 16with the hub 11. At its forward end the clamping member 16 is formedwith an upwardly and forwardly projecting fork 21, formed withtransverse registering apertures. A holding arm 22 is reduced at itsrear end and enters the fork 21 of the clamping member, within which itis pivoted on a rivet or bolt 23. The holding arm 22 preferably isslightly curved upwardly between its ends and terminates in a yoke orfork 2 1 fitted to and adapted to engage the hanger portion 12 of thestartmg crank.

At times, particularly when the tractor is traveling over groundencumbered with corn-stalks or brush, it is desirable that the startingcrank be held in its upright position, as shown in Figure l, in order toprevent contact thereof with the brush or cornstalks; and at other timessuch position is desirable to keep the crank out of mud or snow. At suchtimes, after the motor has been started, the holding arm 22 is turnedforwardly on its pivot to the position shown, and the yoke 2 1 engagesthe hanger portion 12 of the starting crank, which has been turned toits upright position as shown in Figure 1, and such engagement preventslateral. movement of the crank and holds it in such elevated position.This engagement also prevents rearward movement of the starting crank,which is sometimes caused by contact with foreign objects, with theundesirable result of causing the ratchet of the crank to engage themotor shaft. When it is not desired to employ the device in this mannerthe holding arm 22 is turned rearwardly through an arc to' the positionindicated by dotted lines in Figure 1, a shoulder 25 at the forward endof the reduced portion of said arm engaging the outer end. of the fork21 and holding said arm in the position indicated.

in, of a holding device comprising a sub-.

stantially tubular clamping member open at one side and adapted to bemounted over sa d hearing by GI'lClWlSQ movement, said clamping memberbeing formed with spaced apertured flanges, a clamping bolt eXtendingthrough the apertures of said flanges and adapted toclamp said member onsaid bearing, said clamping member being formed at its forward end: withan inclined fork, and a holding arm pivoted at one end in said fork,curved slightly between its ends and formed at'itsopposite end with ayoke adapted to engage said starting crank and hold it in uprightposition and also prevent rearward movement thereof.

2. The combination with a bearing and a starting crank mounted forrotation therein,

of a holding device comprising a clamping member adapted to engage andbe clamped to said bearing, said clamping member being formed with anupwardly projecting fork at its forward end, and a holding arm pivotedat one end within said fork and formed at its opposite end with a, yokeadapted to engage and hold said starting crank, said holding arm beingformed with a shoulder near. its rear end adapted" to engage said forkto" limitrearward movement of said holding arm.

Signed at Dawson, in the county of Dallas and State of Iowa, this 19thday of April, 1920;

' JAMES O. PETERS;

